Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Services (ER)

Lifepoint Health • Roaring Spring, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Conemaugh Nason Medical Center is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Emergency Services department. The RN provides emergency nursing care within a collaborative, team-based environment, assessing and prioritizing patients, delivering treatment, documenting care, and supporting patient and family needs. The department describes individualized scheduling, charge nurse mentorship, hands-on leadership, and an emphasis on safe staffing, manageable workloads, staff well-being, and patient safety.

The schedule is full-time, three 12-hour night shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays. The RN may perform triage, provide primary nursing care throughout a patient's ED stay, respond to arrhythmias and cardiac emergencies, administer medications and IV fluids, and manage critically ill patients during transfers. The role also involves operating and checking ED equipment, following safety and infection-control practices, assisting with procedures, evaluating care quality, communicating with patients' families, participating in bedside shift reports, and orienting and mentoring team members.

Requirements

• Graduate of an RN program.
• Current Pennsylvania nurse license or a current multistate license from a compact member state or territory.
• Associate's degree.
• Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), or obtain it within 6 months.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), or obtain it within 1 year.
• Basic Trauma Nurse Course (BTNC) or equivalent training (ATCN, TCRN, or TNCC), obtained within 1 year of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Perform triage duties when assigned, including identifying emergent patients, completing quick triage, facilitating patient flow, and conducting hourly waiting-room checks.
• Provide primary nursing care to assigned patients throughout their emergency department stay while functioning as part of a team.
• Identify arrhythmias, provide interventions according to established procedures, anticipate complications, take appropriate action, and communicate with physicians in a timely manner.
• Start IVs, administer medications and IV fluids, assess patient responses, and titrate dosages according to physician orders.
• Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the ED, function as the code nurse during in-hospital CPA situations, and provide needed cart exchange.
• Manage critically ill patients during transfers to other departments or healthcare facilities and give reports that support continuity of care.
• Test monitoring equipment and alarm systems regularly to ensure they function properly.
• Know the location, care, and operation of ED equipment.
• Use appropriate safety precautions, including with invasive lines and defibrillation, and follow infection-control practices.
• Participate in physician procedures and examinations, prepare patients, and provide emotional support as needed.
• Assess nursing care in critical care areas and identify problems or opportunities for improvement.
• Assess patient condition using the nursing process and professional judgment to individualize emergency nursing care.
• Document observations, interventions, medications, and treatment therapies.
• Assess patients' immediate needs, prioritize care upon arrival, and obtain pertinent patient histories.
• Notify family members or significant others of patient progress and involve them in the plan of care when applicable.
• Participate in bedside change-of-shift reports.
• Maintain emergency nursing practice standards and triage assessment, knowledge, and intuition skills.
• Continuously assess and improve the performance of care and service.
• Orient and mentor new department team members.

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental, and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability.
• Paid family leave and paid time off.
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance.
• Loan assistance.
• 401(k) retirement package with company match.
• Wellness programs, including free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services, and discount programs.
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree